See a timeline of Karadzic's rule » Karadzic was captured this week after years on the run and now will face war crimes charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

providing an overwhelming manpower advantage in the war. But it is backfiring in tragic ways as inmates pardoned for serving in Ukraine return to Russia and commit new crimes. Overall numbers on ...

will the perpetrators of war crimes pay a price for their crimes? The issue is important for a widely understood reason— and also for a less-widely known psychological reason. Deterrence ...

The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the 2023 war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides, connecting why the story matters to you.

At the heart of the concept of war crimes is the idea that individuals can be held criminally responsible for the actions of a country or its soldiers. War crimes and crimes against humanity are ...

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WASHINGTON--President Joe Biden on Wednesday flatly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the unfolding onslaught in Ukraine, where hospitals and maternity wards have been bombed.

The UK government is continuing to accuse Russian president Vladimir Putin, and his regime, of committing war crimes in Ukraine. Preliminary international probes have already begun following Putin ...

The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the 2023 war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides, connecting why the story matters to you.